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Sugar Ray Leonard

1956 - Today

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Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professionally between 1977 and 1997, winning world titles in five weight classes; the lineal championship in three weight classes; as well as the undisputed welterweight championship. Leonard was part of the "Four Kings", a group of boxers who all fought each other throughout the 1980s, consisting of Leonard, Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sugar Ray Leonard has received more than 8,295,572 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Sugar Ray Leonard is the 28th most popular boxer (up from 29th in 2019), the 2,637th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,418th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Boxer.

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  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Sugar Ray Leonard ranks 28 out of 326. Before him are Primo Carnera, Larry Holmes, Ken Norton, Rubin Carter, Trevor Berbick, and Nino Benvenuti. After him are Lennox Lewis, Jack Johnson, John L. Sullivan, Manny Pacquiao, Archie Moore, and Mate Parlov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sugar Ray Leonard ranks 77. Before him are Bidzina Ivanishvili, Milan Babić, Frances Arnold, Adnan Oktar, Maggie Reilly, and Henri Toivonen. After him are Bo Derek, Baruch Goldstein, Randy Rhoads, King Diamond, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, and Catherine Ashton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sugar Ray Leonard ranks 2,637 out of 18,182. Before him are Coleman Hawkins (1904), George B. McClellan (1826), Tom Savini (1946), Nelson Algren (1909), Carmine Coppola (1910), and Joseph Heller (1923). After him are Michael Walzer (1935), Everett McGill (1945), Jonathan Larson (1960), Pam Grier (1949), Angelo Dundee (1921), and Carly Simon (1945).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Sugar Ray Leonard ranks 18. Before him are Evander Holyfield (1962), James J. Braddock (1905), Floyd Patterson (1935), Larry Holmes (1949), Ken Norton (1943), and Rubin Carter (1937). After him are Jack Johnson (1878), John L. Sullivan (1858), Archie Moore (1916), Max Baer (1909), Leon Spinks (1953), and Henry Armstrong (1912).

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